Archive for January, 2009

While the whole point and attraction of a netbook is the small size, of course. But, on the flip side, some people are apprehensive about getting an Acer mini laptop because of the small screen.  Will it be big enough to see words clearly? Can I watch movies or videos? Will I strain my eyes?
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As of now, news has it that Acer is considering phasing out its highly-successful 8.9-inch Aspire One netbook. Where does that leave us? With just the 10.1-inch model that the company is supposed to be releasing in February 2009.  The news is that the Aspire One could be phased out during in the second quarter [...]

from Writing for life blog.
I’ve noticed lots of people around the web having trouble installing Skype on their Linux based Acer Aspire One netbook computers. Advice on the net varies, but tends to involve going to the terminal and typing on the command line to install the Skype distribution for Linux, then manually editing [...]